Sundew (Drosera Intermedia, Hayne = D. Longifolia, L.)

The habitat of this plant is bogs and moist heaths. The plant has the rosette habit. The stem is short and leafy. The leaves are oblong, spoon-shaped, erect, or inversely egg-shaped, blunt, the leaf-stalks are hairless. The scapes rise from the base of the rosette, and are curved below. The rachis is not closely bent-back. The flowers are white, with 5-8 segments. The capsule is pear-shaped, equalling the sepals. The seeds are egg-shaped, rough. The plant is 2-4 in. high, flowering in July and August. It is a herbaceous perennial.

Long-Leaved Sundew (Drosera Anglica, Huds.)

The habitat of this species is wet moors and bogs. The habit is as in the last. It is a larger and taller plant. The leaves are nearly erect, inversely egg-shaped, lance-shaped, linear to spoon-shaped, blunt, the foot-stalk hairless. The scapes rise from the centre of the rosette. The flowers are white, with 5-8 segments. The capsule is inversely egg-shaped, longer than the sepals. The seed has a loose, chaffy coat. The plant is 4-8 in. high, flowering in July and August, and is a herbaceous perennial.